Religions > Atheism > AA Action Alert - URGENT! Last chance to stop Alito nomination, contact Senate!
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"Larry Mundinger" |
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18 Jan 2006 08:13:54 PM |
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AA Action Alert - URGENT! Last chance to stop Alito nomination, contact Senate! |
AMERICAN ATHEISTS ACTION ALERT
January 18, 2006
Urgent: Please read and distribute!
– January 18, 2006
Showdown! Flood U.S. Senate with Letters, Calls, E-Mails to Stop Alito
Nomination, Religious-Right Takeover of Supreme Court!
http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-18-jan-2006.html
Everyone Concerned with Civil Rights, First Amendment Separation of
Church & State Must Urge Senators to Reject Extremist Judge Samuel Alito
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to approve Judge Samuel
Alito to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court within the next week. The
votes are simply not there to stop this nominee, who has a disturbing
record on issues like women's right, civil liberties and the separation
of church and state. His confirmation by the Committee means that the
full Senate will then vote on the nomination. This is the final
opportunity to prevent George W. Bush from “packing” the Supreme Court,
and installing a majority that is likely to reverse decades of
important decisions affecting all Americans.
Alito would assume the post occupied by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor who
often (but not always) provided the crucial “fifth vote” cited by SJC
member Sen. Michael Durbin of Illinois. Rather than replace O’Connor
with an enlightened, progressive judicial moderate who would offset the
strident views of justices like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas,
Bush catered to his powerful religious-right constituency and instead
selected Alito.
The vote by the full U.S. Senate will be the last opportunity we have
to stop this appointment! Based on the current party rankings, all
Democrats must “hold the line” and vote against Alito – and moderate
Republicans must be persuaded by their constituents back home to “break
ranks” with party leadership, and vote “No” on this nomination!
Atheists, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and other non believers must
join the effort to stop Alito now by helping to flood the Senate with
letters, e-mails, phone calls and faxes! Tell your Senators that you
oppose the Bush-religious right takeover our Supreme Court!
What you can do!
* Contact Senators NOW! Urge them to vote "NO!" on Alito! Your
letters, calls and e-mails should be concise, polite but to-the-point
(see our tips page.) Be sure to ask for a response from your U.S.
Senator on how he/she will vote on the Alito nomination!
* Share your communications with U.S. Senators. Send us a copy and
we will post them at our web site
* Spread this Action Alert! If you are in an Atheist/freethought
group, consider posting this message to your newsletter, web site and
e-mail lists. Urge others to circulate this Alert, too!
* After writing your U.S. Senators, consider sending a
letter-to-the-editor of the your local/regional paper and other
publications voicing your disapproval of the Alito nomination! This
will help inform the public and mobilize opposition to this extremist
nominee. Be sure to point out that Samuel Alito is “bad news” for the
constitutional separation of church and state!
* Be informed! Here are some stories about the Alito nomination. We
also encourage you to visit other web sites to gain information,
including Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and
People for the American Way.
Related Reading
* “All Over but the Vote? Alito sails through hearings, some Demos
mull filibuster – what about the new SCOTUS?” 1-18-06
* “New Documents Raise Further Concerns Over Alito & Establishment
Clause,” 1-1-06
* “Tipping Point? Alito nomination battle to begin in January,
determine possible direction of the Supreme Court – Free Exercise
collides with Separation” 11-22-05
Take Action Now…
This may be our last chance to stop this dangerous nomination. If
confirmed, Alito will move the court further in the direction of
“accommodating” discriminatory religious practices, allowing blatant
proselytizing in the public square by government and religious groups,
and even possibly further funding for “faith-based” social projects.
Stop Alito now – before it’s too late!
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Larry Mundinger (aa#451) American Atheists Internet Representative
<irep @ atheists.org> <http://www.atheists.org/>
<http://www.americanatheist.org/> <http://www.atheistviewpoint.tv/>
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| User: "*nemo*" |
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| Title: Re: AA Action Alert - URGENT! Last chance to stop Alito nomination, contact Senate! |
18 Jan 2006 08:30:47 PM |
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In article <CBCzf.11040$_c.42@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Larry Mundinger" <see.signature@below.invalid> wrote:
Showdown! Flood U.S. Senate with Letters, Calls, E-Mails to Stop Alito
Nomination, Religious-Right Takeover of Supreme Court!
It ain't going to happen, I'm sorry to say. The conservative nut cases
have won this round.
Just let them take their power and show the world what they've been
itching to do for the past half-century or so. That'll turn the tide far
more readily than anything done today.
--
Nemo - EAC Commissioner for Bible Belt Underwater Operations.
Atheist #1331 (the Palindrome of doom!)
BAAWA Knight! - One of those warm Southern Knights, y'all!
Charter member, SMASH!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~jehdjh/Relpg.html
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
Quotemeister since March 2002
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: AA Action Alert - URGENT! Last chance to stop Alito nomination, contact Senate! |
19 Jan 2006 12:40:18 PM |
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*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in
news:nemo0037-E7EC9F.21283918012006@news.west.earthlink.net:
In article <CBCzf.11040$_c.42@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>,
"Larry Mundinger" <see.signature@below.invalid> wrote:
Showdown! Flood U.S. Senate with Letters, Calls, E-Mails to Stop
Alito Nomination, Religious-Right Takeover of Supreme Court!
It ain't going to happen, I'm sorry to say. The conservative nut cases
have won this round.
Just let them take their power and show the world what they've been
itching to do for the past half-century or so. That'll turn the tide
far more readily than anything done today.
Uhh, that's how the Democrats lost their hold on power.
People saw what they actually stood for, as opposed to what they *say*
they stand for.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Point the finger and make a fuss
before someone points the finger at us."
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| User: "NC" |
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| Title: Re: AA Action Alert - URGENT! Last chance to stop Alito nomination, contact Senate! |
19 Jan 2006 06:53:56 PM |
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Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in
news:Xns97508B110549Efstone69@213.155.197.138:
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in
news:nemo0037-E7EC9F.21283918012006@news.west.earthlink.net:
Just let them take their power and show the world what they've been
itching to do for the past half-century or so. That'll turn the tide
far more readily than anything done today.
Uhh, that's how the Democrats lost their hold on power.
People saw what they actually stood for, as opposed to what they *say*
they stand for.
I agree but that doesn't necessarily contradict. The Democrats and the
Republicans stand for the same thing, just applied along different
vectors. "Normal" people are going to get tired of either one having too
much power for too long. But they'll continue electing them anyway.
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: AA Action Alert - URGENT! Last chance to stop Alito nomination, contact Senate! |
19 Jan 2006 08:10:08 PM |
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NC <nc@noxozoxo.tk> wrote in news:Xns9750C0DBB3654F35NG7971PRT04B@
207.225.159.7:
Fred Stone <fstone69@earthling.com> wrote in
news:Xns97508B110549Efstone69@213.155.197.138:
*nemo* <nemo0037@earthlink.dieSPAM.net> wrote in
news:nemo0037-E7EC9F.21283918012006@news.west.earthlink.net:
Just let them take their power and show the world what they've been
itching to do for the past half-century or so. That'll turn the tide
far more readily than anything done today.
Uhh, that's how the Democrats lost their hold on power.
People saw what they actually stood for, as opposed to what they *say*
they stand for.
I agree but that doesn't necessarily contradict. The Democrats and the
Republicans stand for the same thing, just applied along different
vectors. "Normal" people are going to get tired of either one having too
much power for too long. But they'll continue electing them anyway.
True, there isn't much to choose between them as far as domestic policy,
but the Republicans at least seem to recognize that we have real enemies in
the world that we cannot just talk into leaving us be.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"Point the finger and make a fuss
before someone points the finger at us."
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